Comparison

Shapes at Play vs Mur

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Shapes at Play

Engage with interactive shapes to create and move various vehicles like cars, boats, and trains. This intuitive game is designed for young children and encourages creative thinking and shared play experiences.

Highlights
  • Interactive shape manipulation
  • Create and move vehicles
  • Multiple vehicle types
  • Intuitive gameplay
  • Designed for shared play
  • Encourages creative thinking
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Help move shapes across the screen with your finger and soon you’ll find yourself making and playing with different types of vehicle, including a car, a boat, a cable car, a hot air balloon and – toot toot! – a train! Just tap the vehicles to make them move and send them on their way – over mountain peaks, across the sea or into the cloudy sky! BOLOGNARAGAZZI DIGITAL AWARD 2015 - Special mention. "For the creative design and ability to stimulate out-of-the-box thinking: a circle can be a wheel, a cloud or a button ... Intuitive and fun, extremely suitable for young children." --- THIS IS A MINIBOMBO APP! • It's simple and intuitive One single gameplay and no navigation menu for maximum accessibility. • It takes the right amount of time A short game sequence full of surprises, suitable for the young users it was designed for. • It's much more fun if played together Designed for sharing so that parents can play with even the youngest of children. --- WHO IS MINIBOMBO? Minibombo is an Italian publishing house dedicated to little children and the grown-ups who read along with them.

About

Mur

This interactive app enhances a physical children's book using augmented reality. Scan book images to unlock a musical, 360-degree virtual world that follows the story's themes. Designed for young children, it offers a unique blend of physical and digital play.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality integration
  • Interactive 360º world
  • Original musical score
  • Scannable book images
  • Storyline progression
  • Focus on music and themes
Features
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*Requires the physical book "Mur"* *Winner of the Bologna Ragazzi VR/AR award 2017* *Mur - a step in book*, is a beautiful, interactive and musical app built to augment the *physical children’s book, “A bear called Mur” by Kaisa Happonen and Anne Vasko*. Mur is a little story with a big message about being perfect just the way we are. The app is targeted kids aged 4 - 8 and is for both iPhones and iPads. The Mur app uses *augmented reality* to bridge the physical with the *virtual reality* of the app universe. The images in the book can be scanned, opening a dream-like intro sequence where the real-world slowly fades and makes Mur’s world appear. The book becomes *a set of keys* to unlock interactive experiences in a *360º world*, which can be navigated via the smartdevice as a sort of magical window. The Mur app follows the storyline of the book, but without words it focuses on *music* which is built up in four acts, each with a different theme. The music is especially arranged, composed and performed for the app. *Developed by Step In Books, Denmark* Step In Books is an award-winning company developing innovative experiences on mobile devices. Step In Books *work* with authors and artists *to bring stories to life* on tablets and smartphones. Mur is created by the team behind *Wuwu & Co.* Illustrations are made by Anne Vasko.

Screenshots

Shapes at Play4 screens
Mur4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mur at Free against Shapes at Play's $2.99. Mur also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Shapes at Play's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 13%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Mur is free to download; Shapes at Play costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shapes at Play ships an update every 13 months, Mur every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Shapes at Play versus Mur: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShapes at PlayMur
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better12.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB424 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTIWI s.r.lPIBOCO ApS

Customer experience

Shapes at Play

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Mur

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

Shapes at Play

No in-app purchases

None

Mur

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shapes at Play free?
Shapes at Play costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mur free?
Mur is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shapes at Play or Mur have ads?
Neither Shapes at Play nor Mur shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shapes at Play or Mur?
Shapes at Play ships an update every 13 months, and Mur every 3 months. Most recently, Shapes at Play was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mur on October 24, 2026.

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